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nerve, and began his analysis by cross-checking the known facts.<br />

Al-Fulani was missing, and had been for more than a week, which seemed to lend credence to<br />

the story. Couple that with the failed attempt on Agent 47's life, and that individual's reputation<br />

for tenaciousness, and there was the very real possibility that the Greek was correct.<br />

But why protect him? Especially given how annoying the shipping magnate had become.<br />

The answer was glaringly obvious. Thorakis was into the Puissance Treize for 500 million<br />

euros. A significant sum that might go unrecovered if the Greek was killed. And what then? the<br />

executive wondered. Who would the partners blame? That, too, was glaringly obvious.<br />

Besides which, there still might be a great deal of valuable information to extract from the<br />

annoying man's brain before they decided whether or not to kill him.<br />

“Stay where you are,” Douay ordered. “I'll send a team. A good team. They'll kill 47. Then, with<br />

him out of the way, we'll pull you out of Sintra. The Agency will be angry, but we'll cut a deal<br />

with them.”<br />

“Really?” Thorakis inquired hopefully. “You can do that?”<br />

“Of course I can,” Douay replied confidently. “Don't worry about it. Just stay where you are and<br />

wait for my people to arrive.”<br />

The shipping magnate was grateful, almost too grateful, and the Frenchman felt a sense of<br />

disgust as the Greek told him where the assassin would be staying. Then the line went dead.<br />

The next part was easy, as a two-person hunter-killer team was taken off an assignment in<br />

Prague and redirected to Sintra.<br />

Once that chore was out of the way, Douay had to face something more difficult. He needed to<br />

activate the alternate identities that had been established for his wife and children, years before.<br />

Once that was accomplished he would send them to the retreat in French Polynesia and prepare<br />

for the reprisals that were sure to follow. Even if the Puissance Treize were able to eliminate 47<br />

and protect Thorakis, The Agency would come looking for someone to kill. And Pierre Douay's<br />

name would appear near the top of the list. While Legard, ironically enough, would be relatively<br />

safe in prison!<br />

It felt as though the sunshine had lost all of its warmth as the Frenchman stepped out onto the<br />

terrace. The laughter sounded discordant, and the smiles looked false.<br />

That was the moment when Douay realized how exposed the terrace was, how easy it would be<br />

for someone to shoot Nicole from a thousand yards away, and he called to his guests.<br />

The party was over.<br />

TWENTY

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